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As we continue to plan HEROcon 2007 we would like to get an estimate of attendance. The event will be held in the Baltimore Maryland area, Veterans Day Weekend, November 9-11, 2007. If you are likely to attend please reply to this post as we need at least a rough estimate to make sure the site we are looking at is large enough to hold the gathering and so that we can use the estimate for our proposal to the site owner. When replying please post if you think you are likely to be able to attend. If you think you will be bringing anyone with you who is not likely to post on these boards please note that in your post as well. If you have any questions feel free to post them as well.

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Planning continues on HEROcon 2007 and we are now at the point of selecting an appropriate site for the event. The site we are most interested in is a game store located in Glen Burnie Maryland called Games, Comics, Stuff. (Their website can be found at: http://gamesandstuffonline.com/) This site is the leading candidate because they have an upstairs floor that is entirely given over to gaming space which also has a separate, smaller room, in addition to the main room that can serve as either a “premium” gaming space or as a “vendor’s space”. The store itself carries a wide variety of games and gaming supplies as well as snacks, sodas, etc.

Parking is plentiful with a parking garage half a block from the store that does not charge for parking. There are a number of restaurants nearby and there is a large comic book store half a block from the game store for those who are looking for more than just games.

If we go forward with this, there are still some other points I need to

address. In order to go forward, though, we need to find solutions to

the concerns above Thanks for keeping us in mind.

I like the "free of charge" part, but I also like the "solely for your use" part, and in my mind, "solely for our use" trumps free charge. So I'm wondering about trying another weekend (Veteran's Day?) or just take some normal weekend and "presume" people are going to take a day off to make the weekend work.

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With ten or eleven months until the convention I see no reason why I (and presumably others) would not be able to take a Friday off to make the full three days. I also had the thought that we could schedule the con for Friday through Sunday and, once we have an idea of who will be able to make all three days and who will only be able to make Saturday and Sunday, schedule events for Friday specifically geared towards those able to attend on that day. I really think that GCS will be our best bet. I just got off the phone with the hotel I used to work at and they charge $1000 per four hour block. Way out our price range.

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Thanks' date=' Michael - I've now (finally) signed up. Ross = Diamond Spear? Are tickets required? What vendors are lined up? Can we get us an official HERO Spokesman up there (I'm lookin' at you, Steve).[/quote']

Diamond Spear is not Ross. He’s Louis. I know this because I’m him.

Mike is the best person to address specifics with. I am helping him try to secure the location is all. I can tell you that we are not planning on charging any sort of admission at this time. For the rest of the questions…..Mike?